ARTIST STATEMENT
The process of mark-making through drawing, carving or etching is the most direct way for me to translate an experience. I am interested in capturing and unraveling the dualities of everyday, urban life in my imagery.
Through line, light and texture I strive to express the tension and search the spaces between transience and permanence, monotony and mysticism, memory and reality, fear and comfort.
In challenging myself to slow down in a fast-paced urban atmosphere, I am empowered to strengthen the tangible and visualize the invisible. My art is a reflection of the narratives, mysteries and behaviors that are ever-present in our society. I attempt to heighten my own and others' observational awareness with my art.
BIO
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2010
Idle Time/Busy Mind
NUTUREart, Brooklyn, New York
Fit to Be Bound
The Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, New York
The Sketchbook Project
Art House Co-op, Various US Locations
2009
[un + art]
Artspace, Hartford, Connecticut
Represent Brooklyn
TRA Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
Inside-Outside Book Arts
The Foundry Centre, St.Charles, Missouri
Multiple Conversations: Open Book
The Print Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Social (Virus)
NURTUREart, Brooklyn, New York
Across the Generations
John Bryan Gallery, Farmington, Connecticut
Translucent Threads
NY Arts Beijing Gallery, Beijing, China
Red Hot Red Dot
Women & Their Work, Austin, Texas
Myrtle Windows
Various Locations, Brooklyn, New York
BookOpolis
Asheville BookWorks, West Asheville, North Carolina
PACC Silent Auction
Pratt Area Community Council, Brooklyn, New York
Print Exchange
Western Illinois University Gallery, Macomb, Illinois
Between the Sheets
The Print Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The Assignment
23 Sandy Gallery, Portland, Oregon
2008
Editions/Artists' Book Fair
The Tunnel, New York, New York
SHOP: Art, Commerce and the Printed Image
The Print Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The Print Center Annual Auction
The Print Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Faculty Exhibition
92nd St Y, New York, New York
Appetizing Arts
TRA Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
Brooklyn as a State of Mind
Clinton Hill Arts Festival, Brooklyn, NY
Red Hot Red Dot
Women & Their Work, Austin, Texas
Summer @SONYA
Sonya Center, Brooklyn, New York
Ludus
NY Arts Beijing Gallery, Beijing, China
Printmaking Today
Dedalo Center for Contemporary Art and
The Museum in the Castle of Castiglione
Abruzzo, Italy
The Print Center Gallery Store Annual Exhibition
Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
CWA Juried Members Show
Gallery 53, Jurors work included, Meriden, Connecticut
Represent Brooklyn
TRA Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
Doll Neighborhood
Village @ Gureje, Brooklyn, New York
Twenty-First Parkside National Small Print Exhibition
University of Wisconsin-Parkside, Kenosha, Wisconsin
Printers' Picks
Highpoint Center for Printmaking, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Artworks Gallery Invitational Exhibition
Artworks Gallery, Hartford, Connecticut
ESP Summer Seminar Student and Educator Show
Hillwood Art Museum, Brookville, New York
2007
Faculty Exhibition
92nd St Y, New York, New York
The Print Center Auction
The Print Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Projekt30 August Exhibition
2006
Gimme Head
Ad Hoc Art, Brooklyn, New York
Creative Figures
Artworks Gallery, Hartford, Connecticut
Faculty Exhibition
92nd St Y, New York, New York
2005
MFA Thesis Show
Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York
Benefit Art Show
Shine, New York, New York
Community Exhibition
Artworks Gallery, Hartford, Connecticut
Printmakers
University of the Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Faculty Exhibition
92nd St Y, New York, New York
COLLECTIONS
Print and Picture Collection of the Free Library of Philadelphia
Radisson SAS Royal Hotel, Dublin, Ireland
NY Arts Beijing Gallery, Beijing, China
Dedalo Center for Contemporary Art and
The Museum in the Castle of Castiglione, Abruzzo, Italy
Women & Their Work, Austin, Texas
University of Wisconsin-Parkside, Kenosha, Wisconsin
AWARDS AND HONORS
2008
Purchase Award, Twenty-First Parkside National Small Print Exhibition, University of Wisconsin-Parkside
2005
Graduate Merit Scholarship, Pratt Institute, Lucca, Italy
RESIDENCIES
1998
Printmaking Residency Scholarship, Vermont Studio Center,
Johnson, Vermont
PRESS
2009
May: The New York Times, The Local, Fort Greene, Art of the Stroll
2008
August: New York Arts Magazine, NY Arts Beijing, Ludus
August: Art Fairs International Slide Show
January: Exhibition Catalogue, Twenty-First National Small Print Exhibition, University of Wisconsin-Parkside
Spring/Summer: Presstime, Highpoint Center for Printmaking
JURIED
Connecticut Woman Artists 2008 Members Juried Show, Meriden, CT
EDUCATION
2005
MFA, Printmaking, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York
1997
BFA, Printmaking, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York
The process of mark-making through drawing, carving or etching is the most direct way for me to translate an experience. I am interested in capturing and unraveling the dualities of everyday, urban life in my imagery.
Through line, light and texture I strive to express the tension and search the spaces between transience and permanence, monotony and mysticism, memory and reality, fear and comfort.
In challenging myself to slow down in a fast-paced urban atmosphere, I am empowered to strengthen the tangible and visualize the invisible. My art is a reflection of the narratives, mysteries and behaviors that are ever-present in our society. I attempt to heighten my own and others' observational awareness with my art.
BIO
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2010
Idle Time/Busy Mind
NUTUREart, Brooklyn, New York
Fit to Be Bound
The Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, New York
The Sketchbook Project
Art House Co-op, Various US Locations
2009
[un + art]
Artspace, Hartford, Connecticut
Represent Brooklyn
TRA Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
Inside-Outside Book Arts
The Foundry Centre, St.Charles, Missouri
Multiple Conversations: Open Book
The Print Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Social (Virus)
NURTUREart, Brooklyn, New York
Across the Generations
John Bryan Gallery, Farmington, Connecticut
Translucent Threads
NY Arts Beijing Gallery, Beijing, China
Red Hot Red Dot
Women & Their Work, Austin, Texas
Myrtle Windows
Various Locations, Brooklyn, New York
BookOpolis
Asheville BookWorks, West Asheville, North Carolina
PACC Silent Auction
Pratt Area Community Council, Brooklyn, New York
Print Exchange
Western Illinois University Gallery, Macomb, Illinois
Between the Sheets
The Print Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The Assignment
23 Sandy Gallery, Portland, Oregon
2008
Editions/Artists' Book Fair
The Tunnel, New York, New York
SHOP: Art, Commerce and the Printed Image
The Print Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The Print Center Annual Auction
The Print Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Faculty Exhibition
92nd St Y, New York, New York
Appetizing Arts
TRA Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
Brooklyn as a State of Mind
Clinton Hill Arts Festival, Brooklyn, NY
Red Hot Red Dot
Women & Their Work, Austin, Texas
Summer @SONYA
Sonya Center, Brooklyn, New York
Ludus
NY Arts Beijing Gallery, Beijing, China
Printmaking Today
Dedalo Center for Contemporary Art and
The Museum in the Castle of Castiglione
Abruzzo, Italy
The Print Center Gallery Store Annual Exhibition
Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
CWA Juried Members Show
Gallery 53, Jurors work included, Meriden, Connecticut
Represent Brooklyn
TRA Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
Doll Neighborhood
Village @ Gureje, Brooklyn, New York
Twenty-First Parkside National Small Print Exhibition
University of Wisconsin-Parkside, Kenosha, Wisconsin
Printers' Picks
Highpoint Center for Printmaking, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Artworks Gallery Invitational Exhibition
Artworks Gallery, Hartford, Connecticut
ESP Summer Seminar Student and Educator Show
Hillwood Art Museum, Brookville, New York
2007
Faculty Exhibition
92nd St Y, New York, New York
The Print Center Auction
The Print Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Projekt30 August Exhibition
2006
Gimme Head
Ad Hoc Art, Brooklyn, New York
Creative Figures
Artworks Gallery, Hartford, Connecticut
Faculty Exhibition
92nd St Y, New York, New York
2005
MFA Thesis Show
Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York
Benefit Art Show
Shine, New York, New York
Community Exhibition
Artworks Gallery, Hartford, Connecticut
Printmakers
University of the Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Faculty Exhibition
92nd St Y, New York, New York
COLLECTIONS
Print and Picture Collection of the Free Library of Philadelphia
Radisson SAS Royal Hotel, Dublin, Ireland
NY Arts Beijing Gallery, Beijing, China
Dedalo Center for Contemporary Art and
The Museum in the Castle of Castiglione, Abruzzo, Italy
Women & Their Work, Austin, Texas
University of Wisconsin-Parkside, Kenosha, Wisconsin
AWARDS AND HONORS
2008
Purchase Award, Twenty-First Parkside National Small Print Exhibition, University of Wisconsin-Parkside
2005
Graduate Merit Scholarship, Pratt Institute, Lucca, Italy
RESIDENCIES
1998
Printmaking Residency Scholarship, Vermont Studio Center,
Johnson, Vermont
PRESS
2009
May: The New York Times, The Local, Fort Greene, Art of the Stroll
2008
August: New York Arts Magazine, NY Arts Beijing, Ludus
August: Art Fairs International Slide Show
January: Exhibition Catalogue, Twenty-First National Small Print Exhibition, University of Wisconsin-Parkside
Spring/Summer: Presstime, Highpoint Center for Printmaking
JURIED
Connecticut Woman Artists 2008 Members Juried Show, Meriden, CT
EDUCATION
2005
MFA, Printmaking, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York
1997
BFA, Printmaking, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York
